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The human receipt for someone else's budget line and applause.
means The person who actually wins or receives an award, as opposed to the one who hands it over.
from Built from 'award' plus the suffix '-ee,' the Latin-via-French tag that marks the receiver of an action (as in 'employee' or 'nominee') rather than the doer. 'Award' itself traces back through Anglo-French 'eswarder,' meaning to judge or decide, rooted in Germanic 'ward-' — to watch or guard. So an awardee is, by bloodline, simply the one judgment lands on.
- vs awarder
- one signs the check, one frames it
- etymology
- passive suffix ee means done-to, not doing
- hidden rule
- always smile, even at runner-up trophies
- bureaucratic cousin
- same family as employee and nominee